SwingAlerts guide

What a SwingAlerts alert can watch

The numbers an alert can look at on each candle.

Closing price

Close

Where the candle finished. The one most setups are built on.

“Did it actually settle there, or just touch it?”

One candle carries four prices. Most setups are built on the close, because it is the one the market actually settled on.
Close>1.0850

Opening price

Open

Where the candle started.

One candle carries four prices. Most setups are built on the close, because it is the one the market actually settled on.
Open<VWAP

Highest price

High

The furthest the candle reached upward, even if it did not stay.

“Did it tag the level at all?”

One candle carries four prices. Most setups are built on the close, because it is the one the market actually settled on.
High>1.0900

Lowest price

Low

The furthest the candle reached downward.

One candle carries four prices. Most setups are built on the close, because it is the one the market actually settled on.
Low<BBANDS20 · 2.0

Volume

Volume

How much traded during the candle.

How much traded during each candle. A spike is interest arriving.
Volume>1000

A number you choose

Value

A fixed level you type in — a price, an RSI reading, anything.

A typed number always goes on the right-hand side of a comparison. "RSI is above 70" and "70 is below RSI" say the same thing, and allowing both would mean every alert could be written two ways, which helps nobody.

“I want to watch a specific level.”

RSI14>70